US 11,912,560 B2
Beverage dispenser systems and methods
Gurmeet Singh Bhutani, Gurgaon (IN); Vipin Arora, Delhi (IN); Rahul Sadashiv Kamble, Faridabad (IN); Rohit Phanda, New Delhi (IN); and Somchat Tipnoysanga, Kanchanaburi (TH)
Assigned to PepsiCo, Inc., Purchase, NY (US)
Filed by PepsiCo, Inc., Purchase, NY (US)
Filed on Aug. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/816,482.
Application 17/816,482 is a continuation of application No. 16/176,140, filed on Oct. 31, 2018, granted, now 11,434,124.
Claims priority of application No. 201741038893 (IN), filed on Nov. 1, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0363531 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B67D 1/08 (2006.01); B67D 3/04 (2006.01); B67D 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC B67D 1/0889 (2013.01) [B67D 1/08 (2013.01); B67D 3/0035 (2013.01); B67D 3/0083 (2013.01); B67D 3/048 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for dispensing a beverage, comprising:
providing an adaptor for a beverage bottle, the adaptor comprising an inlet portion to be coupled with the beverage container and an outlet portion removably coupled to a beverage tap, wherein the inlet portion and the outlet portion are angled with respect to each other such that the adaptor is configured as a fluid elbow;
providing a beverage dispenser main body with a base portion and a cradle portion, the cradle portion configured to support the beverage container in an inverted position;
coupling the beverage tap to an air tube;
coupling the opening of the beverage bottle to the inlet portion of the adaptor;
positioning the air-tube within the open beverage bottle such that a distal end of the tube is above a liquid level in the beverage bottle;
coupling a cap of the beverage bottle to the outlet of the beverage tap such that the beverage bottle is effectively sealed from the outside ambient environment;
inverting the beverage bottle and placing it in the cradle portion of a main body;
seating the adaptor into the cradle portion at an engagement portion of the cradle portion; and
dispensing the beverage.